# Missouri HB2009: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections Missouri HB2009, Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Deaton, Dirk (159); status signed, last action 2026-06-30 (Delivered to Secretary of State (G)) (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2009-2026 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Missouri HB2009 - State: Missouri - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-22 - Last action: 2026-06-30, Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - Sponsor: Deaton, Dirk (159) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (439 yes, 119 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 20 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Treatment funding for people leaving prison: benefit, medium. From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the law provides $3 million for community treatment services. Another $2 million funds research-backed prison-to-community care for people with serious substance use disorders. Under state purchasing rules, the department must select an experienced, qualifi… - Incarcerated people's wages and release costs funded: benefit, medium. The law provides about $4.81 million for incarcerated people's wages and discharge costs at all correctional facilities. About $3.83 million comes from general revenue and $979,585 from the Inmate Canteen Fund. Funding runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The law does not set an individua… - Funding keeps Missouri prison staff working: benefit, medium. The law funds prison staff for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027; the amounts below are rounded, and position limits are full-time equivalents. Funding and limits are: Farmington, $13.558 million and 275; Potosi, $27.969 million and 533; Fulton Reception, $17.690 million and 331; Tipton, $19.897 million a… - Health care funding for incarcerated people: benefit, medium. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides about $222.96 million for incarcerated people's physical and mental health care. Only if unspent money remains, the department can use up to $2 million for a facilities study and long-term plan. The study can examine turning the closed Western Missou… - Restitution funding for wrongly convicted people: benefit, low. The law provides $58,400 for restitution payments to people who were wrongly convicted. Funding runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. This appropriation does not set how much each person receives. - Corrections settlement and legal costs funded: benefit, low. The law provides about $1.73 million for the Hootselle case against the Missouri Department of Corrections. That money is limited to the settlement and other expenses tied to resolving the case. The law also transfers $1 from general revenue to the State Legal Expense Fund. That transfer is for cla… - Counties receive jail cost reimbursements: benefit, low. The law provides about $55.63 million for county jail and related case costs, including delivery certificates and extradition payments. The applicable jail reimbursement rate is $24.95 per prisoner per day, with up to 10% transfers among those payment categories. Another $240,000 reimburses eligibl… - Family support services receive funding: benefit, low. The law provides $428,453 from general revenue and $115,384 from the Department of Corrections Federal Fund for Family Support Services. Each amount includes $44,360 in one-time funding. Funding runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The law does not set individual payment amounts or eligib… - Food services funded across Missouri prisons: benefit, low. The law provides about $57.05 million from general revenue for food services at all correctional institutions. It covers buying, transporting, and storing food and food-service supplies, plus operating food-preparation facilities. Funding runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The money sup… - Prison dog program receives support: benefit, low. The law provides $75,000 from the State Institutions Gift Trust Fund for a foster-care dog program. Funding runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The program aims to help shelter dogs get adopted and train service dogs for people with disabilities. It does not guarantee anyone a service do… - Prison enterprise operations receive funding: benefit, low. The law provides about $26.67 million from the Working Capital Revolving Fund for Missouri Correctional Enterprises. Staffing is capped at 163.88 full-time-equivalent positions. The money supports enterprise operations, not a new household payment or a stated individual wage increase. - Transition centers and reentry tools funded: benefit, low. The law provides about $5.09 million for St. Louis Transition Center staff, capped at 104.36 full-time-equivalent positions. Kansas City Transition Center staff receive about $4.96 million, capped at 100.18 positions. St. Louis funding comes from general revenue; Kansas City funding also uses the I… - Nursery and doula funding in prison: benefit, low. The law provides $674,413 for the Prison Nursery Program at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center. This includes $350,339 for staff and $324,074 for expenses and equipment. Another $198,000 funds pregnancy and postpartum doula training within the program. Training funds… - Treatment funding for incarcerated people's recovery: benefit, low. The law provides $7.9 million from the Opioid Addiction Treatment and Recovery Fund for an opioid treatment pilot. The pilot must ensure access to and use of all FDA-approved medication-assisted treatment products alongside treatment for incarcerated people. It also provides about $12.91 million fo… - Prison education and canteen services funded: benefit, low. The law provides about $11.17 million for prison education, with a limit of 198 full-time-equivalent positions. It provides about $2.84 million for the rehabilitation division, with a limit of 42.15 positions. Another $1.2 million from the Inmate Canteen Fund supports education, recreation, and rel… - Reentry and job help after prison: benefit, low. The law funds reentry services with $2.1 million from General Revenue and about $1.73 million from the Inmate Fund. A separate $400,000 pilot funds job help for people leaving Missouri state prisons. A nonprofit provides video interviews with vetted second-chance employers, help starting work, and… - Prison funding limits for gender-transition care: cost, medium. The Department of Corrections cannot use funds under Section 9.195 of Part 1 for cross-sex hormones or gender-transition surgery. The restriction applies when the care is for gender transition. It limits use of those funds, rather than creating a broader ban on care. - Probation services and monitoring receive funding: mixed, medium. The law provides about $99.48 million for probation and parole operations, capped at 1,686.81 full-time-equivalent positions. This includes $3.6 million for transfers and refunds under existing debt-offset rules, which apply refunds against debts. Separate funding includes $762,328 for the command… - Online monitoring for low-risk supervised people: mixed, low. The law provides $4 million for low-risk supervision from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The program uses secure online check-ins for people under supervision before or after conviction. Supervising agencies or courts can access the system, which supports exclusion zones, compliance levels, a… - Prisons fund call monitoring and testing: mixed, low. The law provides $8 million for continuous monitoring and investigation of incarcerated people's phone calls using artificial intelligence. The system must transcribe and analyze calls, handle high volumes, and process communications in near real time. Staff must be able to search transcripts by ke… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Deaton, Dirk (159) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-06 | Senate | Senate Adopts Conference Committee Report | pass | 31 | 2 | | | 2026-05-06 | Senate | Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed | pass | 31 | 2 | | | 2026-05-06 | House | Third Read and Passed | pass | 102 | 39 | 10 | | 2026-05-06 | House | House Adopts Conference Committee Report | pass | 107 | 36 | 9 | | 2026-04-22 | Senate | Third Read and Passed | pass | 30 | 1 | | | 2026-03-26 | House | Third Read and Passed | pass | 107 | 39 | 7 | | 2026-03-12 | House | HCS Reported Do Pass - with a time limit of five and a half hours of debate on Perfection pursuant to Rule 24(4)(d) | pass | 31 | 0 | | ## Actions (57) - 2026-06-30: Delivered to Secretary of State (G) (House) - 2026-06-30: Vetoed in Part by Governor (G) (House) - 2026-05-28: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2026-05-28: Signed by President Pro Tem (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Signed by House Speaker (House) - 2026-05-07: Senate Message (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 31 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Senate Adopts Conference Committee Report - AYES: 31 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Senate Submits Conference Committee Report (Senate) - 2026-05-06: House Message (House) - 2026-05-06: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 102 NOES: 39 PRESENT: 10 (House) - 2026-05-06: House Adopts Conference Committee Report - AYES: 107 NOES: 36 PRESENT: 9 (House) - 2026-05-06: House Submits Conference Committee Report (House) - 2026-05-05: House Distributes Conference Committee Report (House) - 2026-04-28: Senate Message (Senate) - 2026-04-28: Senate Conference Committee Appointed - SENATORS BLACK, HUDSON, BROWN(16), MAY, WILLIAMS (Senate) - 2026-04-27: House Message (House) - 2026-04-27: House Conference Committee Appointed - REPRESENTATIVES DEATON, DAVIDSON, MAYHEW, FOGLE, COLLINS (House) - 2026-04-23: Senate Message (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Senate Refuses to Recede, Grants Conference (Senate) - 2026-04-23: House Message (House) - 2026-04-23: House Refuses to Adopt, Requests Senate to Recede or Grant Conference (House) - 2026-04-23: Taken Up (House) - 2026-04-23: Reported to the House with... - SS SCS (House) - 2026-04-22: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 30 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-22: SS Adopted (Senate) - 2026-04-22: SS Offered (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Taken Up for Third Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-20: SCS Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-15: SCS Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Public Hearing Held (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Public Hearing Scheduled - CANCELLED: Friday, April 17, 2026, 8:30 a.m., Senate Committee Room 2 - 1st Floor (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Public Hearing Scheduled - CANCELLED: Thursday, April 16, 2026, 8:30 a.m., Senate Committee Room 2 - 1st Floor (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Public Hearing Scheduled - AMENDED: Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 9:30 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1 - 1st Floor (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Public Hearing Scheduled - Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 8:30 a.m., Senate Committee Room 2 - 1st Floor (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Second read and referred: Appropriations (Senate) - 2026-03-30: Reported to the Senate and First Read (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 107 NOES: 39 PRESENT: 7 (House) - 2026-03-26: Taken Up for Third Reading (House) - 2026-03-24: Perfected with Amendments - HA 1, HA 2, HA 7 (House) - 2026-03-24: HCS Adopted (House) - 2026-03-24: Taken Up (House) - 2026-03-24: Laid Over - HA 7, adopted (House) - 2026-03-24: Taken Up (House) - 2026-03-24: Laid Over - HA 1, HA 2, adopted (House) - 2026-03-24: Taken Up (House) - 2026-03-23: Laid Over (House) - 2026-03-23: Title of Bill - Agreed To (House) - 2026-03-23: Taken Up for Perfection (House) - 2026-03-12: HCS Reported Do Pass - with a time limit of five and a half hours of debate on Perfection pursuant to Rule 24(4)(d) AYES: 31 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-03-11: HCS Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-03-11: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-02-16: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2026-01-27: Referred: Budget (House) - 2026-01-27: Read Second Time (House) - 2026-01-22: Introduced and Read First Time (House) ## Bill text - Truly Agreed, 2026-05-06: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009H.06T.pdf) - Perfected, 2026-03-24: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009H.03P.pdf) - Committee Substitute, 2026-03-12: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009H.03C.pdf), [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009S.04C.pdf) - Senate Substitute, 2026-03-12: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009H.06S.pdf), [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009S.05F.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-22: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009H.01I.pdf) ## Related bills - HB1867: Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than six percent upon a vote of the people (signed) - HB1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections (signed) - HB1840: Establishes an alert system to assist in the location of missing persons with developmental disabilities (signed) - HB1825: Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commission (signed) - HB1827: Adds licensed occupational therapists to the definition of "other authorized health care practitioner" for purposes of physician's statements required for disa… (signed) - SB1408: Increases the maximum speed limit from 70 to 75 miles per hour on rural interstates and freeways (signed) ## Sources - [Truly Agreed (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009H.06T.pdf) - [Perfected (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009H.03P.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009H.03C.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009S.04C.pdf) - [Senate Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009H.06S.pdf) - [Senate Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009S.05F.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2009H.01I.pdf) ## Related - [HB1867: Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1867-2026) - [HB1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1871-2026) - [HB1840: Establishes an alert system to assist in the location of missing persons with d…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1840-2026) - [HB1825: Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commiss…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1825-2026) - [HB1827: Adds licensed occupational therapists to the definition of "other authorized he…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1827-2026) - 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